Atheist Nexus2018-02-22T04:32:19ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteachhttp://api.ning.com/files/B4t5nfzyPSNUTZ*iRAv99Me5fEHDwMcaDY6UFXzfL9gVLQMZgaaITgNerWvBXbTYRtpxNt5UZIoyqyP5HegWmpP*3jheX20H/blackbeard.jpg?width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://atheistnexus.org/forum/topic/listForContributor?groupUrl=music-lovers&user=3lj5xmmh8xdy7&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSongs that make your heart or pants melttag:atheistnexus.org,2017-05-01:2182797:Topic:27467752017-05-01T13:53:13.379ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<a href="https://youtu.be/pdN3fM6D774">https://youtu.be/pdN3fM6D774</a> &lt; Earned It<br />
My go to song right now to get in the right mood ;)<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/lvHK8-g7qRw">https://youtu.be/lvHK8-g7qRw</a> &lt; Sara Smile<br />
My ex used to play this for me. Couldnt listen to it for a long wile<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/ekzHIouo8Q4">https://youtu.be/ekzHIouo8Q4</a> &lt; When I was Your Man<br />
Reminds me when you were stupid and young and missed out on someone plus I love the honesty. Honesty…
<a href="https://youtu.be/pdN3fM6D774">https://youtu.be/pdN3fM6D774</a> &lt; Earned It<br />
My go to song right now to get in the right mood ;)<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/lvHK8-g7qRw">https://youtu.be/lvHK8-g7qRw</a> &lt; Sara Smile<br />
My ex used to play this for me. Couldnt listen to it for a long wile<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/ekzHIouo8Q4">https://youtu.be/ekzHIouo8Q4</a> &lt; When I was Your Man<br />
Reminds me when you were stupid and young and missed out on someone plus I love the honesty. Honesty melts my heart every time.<br />
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These songs played straight on my spotify. Had to say something. Favorite linestag:atheistnexus.org,2017-04-11:2182797:Topic:27446142017-04-11T00:39:28.627ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p>What are some of your favorite lines in a song?</p>
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<p>My first offering:</p>
<p><em>Wait a minute, mister, I didn't even kiss her.</em></p>
<p>What are some of your favorite lines in a song?</p>
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<p>My first offering:</p>
<p><em>Wait a minute, mister, I didn't even kiss her.</em></p> David Crosby, Steven Stills, Graham Nash ... and CSNtag:atheistnexus.org,2016-10-25:2182797:Topic:27152592016-10-25T00:21:55.606ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p>From the first time I heard "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," I fell in love with the sweet harmonies and rich, warming music made by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Since that time, they celebrated the Summer of Love at Woodstock, decried "four dead in Ohio," played with and without Neil Young and in both cases, made such music as you wish you could immerse yourself in it up to your eyebrows, for the stories told and the joy expressed in notes and words.<br></br><br></br>I never would have thought that doyen…</p>
<p>From the first time I heard "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," I fell in love with the sweet harmonies and rich, warming music made by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Since that time, they celebrated the Summer of Love at Woodstock, decried "four dead in Ohio," played with and without Neil Young and in both cases, made such music as you wish you could immerse yourself in it up to your eyebrows, for the stories told and the joy expressed in notes and words.<br/><br/>I never would have thought that doyen journalist Dan Rather would have a grasp on the history of these gentlemen and know the questions that needed to be asked. Listening to this interview, I find myself rediscovering my delight for David, Steven and Graham, as well as my deep respect for Mr. Rather. It is that perhaps most of all which moved me to share this moment with you.<br/><br/>Please enjoy.<br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_xEdpIKIqPY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
</p> Like Like Gospel Music--Do You?tag:atheistnexus.org,2015-03-24:2182797:Topic:25848472015-03-24T16:32:27.279ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/HQSy6kXC6MoW7zSdUWHHdfSOfsA2284RqVok8g7iW5dr8Ned1rx87xl0BdOPtEOYg*-Ciph0khwB*46zMZ4NpQDQCGsu*HtO/outside.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/HQSy6kXC6MoW7zSdUWHHdfSOfsA2284RqVok8g7iW5dr8Ned1rx87xl0BdOPtEOYg*-Ciph0khwB*46zMZ4NpQDQCGsu*HtO/outside.jpg" width="265"></img></a> I like music. I like all kinds of music and can play most of them. I am 30+ year professional musician. I have played it all from "Roll Out the Barrel" and "Misty" to "Good Golly Miss Molly and "Life in the Fast Lane" and many things in between and past.</p>
<p>However, one thing I truly enjoyed playing and performing…</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/HQSy6kXC6MoW7zSdUWHHdfSOfsA2284RqVok8g7iW5dr8Ned1rx87xl0BdOPtEOYg*-Ciph0khwB*46zMZ4NpQDQCGsu*HtO/outside.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/HQSy6kXC6MoW7zSdUWHHdfSOfsA2284RqVok8g7iW5dr8Ned1rx87xl0BdOPtEOYg*-Ciph0khwB*46zMZ4NpQDQCGsu*HtO/outside.jpg" width="265" class="align-right"/></a>I like music. I like all kinds of music and can play most of them. I am 30+ year professional musician. I have played it all from "Roll Out the Barrel" and "Misty" to "Good Golly Miss Molly and "Life in the Fast Lane" and many things in between and past.</p>
<p>However, one thing I truly enjoyed playing and performing (there is a difference) gospel music. I still listen to gospel music. One of all time favorite gospel songs is by the Mighty Clouds of Joy named "I've been in the Storm Too Long." It is a very moving and touching song.</p>
<p>I love Aretha Franklin's interpretation of "Amazing Grace." There are others, but I wanted to put that out there.</p>
<p>Yes, I love gospel music, but, and it is a big but, because what passes for content, either makes me smile or even laugh aloud. I probably like black gospel music because it is not stodgy, stale or unafraid to take chances. A good example of what I'm talking about is a musician and choir director from my area, "Kirk Franklin." Kirk has been banished and "buked" (rebuked) by many of the largest black churches in the country because his gospel music is undisguised hip-hop.</p>
<p>When he became famous outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, suddenly gospel hip-hop groups started popping up everywhere. By the way, I like it. He has even taken songs by artists I love such as Earth, Wind and Fire (September) and turned their music into gospel songs. I think the words are inane, but the music grabs me the way it did when I played them as secular music. I'd play with him in a New York minute, but they'd drop me as soon as they found I was just having fun.</p>
<p>I have my beefs with Kirk, the latest being with an extraordinarily talented gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin. Donnie can sing his ass off. However, he is a "reformed homosexual" of the type that never fails to deliver scathing tirades against homosexuals. His singing isn't enough for me to turn my back on his ignorance and hypocrisy.</p>
<p>But back to my joy in playing gospel music. Perhaps, it is because many of gospel innovators had no honor in their home towns. Thomas Dorsey, known as the father of modern black gospel music was hardly accepted by his congregation. It seems that Mr. Dorsey had the temerity to play with such blues greats like Ma Rainey and Tampa Red and used the riffs he learned on the road to change the course of black gospel music, which is now being changed by Franklin.</p>
<p>Understanding music from black musicians such as myself could be summed up in what my brother and I often said, "If it ain't got no soul, it ain't worth playing." When I perform, it is not unusual to hear, "Boy, you played you ass off." This often comes from good "god-fearing" Christians.Nevertheless, I couldn't get into the magical thinking, but I could play music well enough to support weak sermons and move people to tears. I didn't particularly like that part, because it made people feel something I thought was dishonest.</p>
<p>As a musician, I believe music can change people. It can make them dance, shout for joy, cry and more, but I never believed for a moment that anyone felt the spirit. My brother and I used to count seconds between when we started playing a moving song to how long it took before someone got "the spirit." That may sound a bit callous to play with someone's emotions that way, but in all honesty I musty confess that we found it funny. In the places we performed regularly, we could even tell who would be the first to break ranks with the "spirit."</p>
<p>I am a musician. I play music. I love music. In many ways, music is me. God music? Not even consideration. It's just music. I played with Christian musicians that could be most annoying with their "God" and "Jesus" talk, but after ignoring them, they got the message. There were plenty of other musicians like my brother and I who just came to play and enjoy each other's musicianship.</p>
<p>My music was designed to be appreciated. That's it!</p> Nothing Fails Like Prayer (Dan Barker)tag:atheistnexus.org,2014-08-28:2182797:Topic:24666022014-08-28T20:27:45.167ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
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<p>Dan Barker's lyrics just had to be shared:</p>
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<p><strong>Nothing Fails Like Prayer</strong> <span class="font-size-1" style="color: #808080;">(Dan Barker)</span></p>
<p>The farmers pray for precipitation, and they say "In God we trust."<br></br> Then along comes a drought and drives their crops out and turns their prayers into dust.<br></br> The…</p>
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<p>Dan Barker's lyrics just had to be shared:</p>
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<p><strong>Nothing Fails Like Prayer</strong> <span style="color: #808080;" class="font-size-1">(Dan Barker)</span></p>
<p>The farmers pray for precipitation, and they say "In God we trust."<br/> Then along comes a drought and drives their crops out and turns their prayers into dust.<br/> The next time they need some assistance, they should take the advice of Mark Twain<br/> Who said it's better to check the weather report before you pray for rain.<br/> <br/> Nothing fails like prayer.<br/> Nothing fails like prayer.<br/> Use your mind and you will find that nothing fails like prayer.<br/> <br/> It's the final week of the school year, but you haven't studied your best<br/> So you stay up and cram for the final exam and you pray for God's help on the test.<br/> So you answer the questions with assurance that the Lord would help you sail through.<br/> When the results are returned, what have you learned? God is no smarter than you.<br/> <br/> Nothing fails like prayer.<br/> Nothing fails like prayer.<br/> Use your mind and you will find that nothing fails like prayer.</p> Unique and Interesting Instrumentstag:atheistnexus.org,2013-05-15:2182797:Topic:22328492013-05-15T02:01:12.299ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p>Music is always evolving and so are the instruments that people use. Have you seen any unique performances that you'd like to share?</p>
<p>Music is always evolving and so are the instruments that people use. Have you seen any unique performances that you'd like to share?</p> Cross-Genre Performancetag:atheistnexus.org,2013-02-12:2182797:Topic:21622952013-02-12T21:25:43.434ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p>Looking at the recent Grammy Awards performances, I was amazed to see the full emergence of performances in which music from several genres was intermixed, <em>using genres themselves as a musical element</em>. To me the smooth interleaving of several generes brings music to a new level of integration. Justin Timberlake's performance, with Jay-Z, of "Suit &amp; Tie" and two other new old-style soul tunes,epitomized this trend. With not only rhythm &amp; blues alternating with rap, but a…</p>
<p>Looking at the recent Grammy Awards performances, I was amazed to see the full emergence of performances in which music from several genres was intermixed, <em>using genres themselves as a musical element</em>. To me the smooth interleaving of several generes brings music to a new level of integration. Justin Timberlake's performance, with Jay-Z, of "Suit &amp; Tie" and two other new old-style soul tunes,epitomized this trend. With not only rhythm &amp; blues alternating with rap, but a classical string seque, he skillfully wove together disparate strands into a new kind of whole. While mixing of genres has old roots, such as Elvis Presley's use of a "Thus Spake Zarathrustra"" intro, it emerged for me here as a new art form.</p>
<p>What did you think?</p>
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<p><strong>Post your Muppet Music! <br/>Lets have fun!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Post your Muppet Music! <br/>Lets have fun!</strong></p> What Instrument(s) Do You Play?tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-08-18:2182797:Topic:20319392012-08-18T19:02:00.991ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
I am a fiddler!
I am a fiddler! Atheist Themed Music and Reasoned Rythmstag:atheistnexus.org,2012-08-12:2182797:Topic:20276192012-08-12T01:15:59.419ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
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